Smith attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Miami, Florida, where he was a two-sport athlete in football and track. He earned the Miami Herald All-Dade honors at wide receiver. In his final two seasons at Archbishop Carroll High School in which he finished with a total of 65 receptions, 1,330 receiving yards and 17 receiving touchdowns. He was also on the track & field team, where he posted times of 23.00 seconds in the 200-meter dash and 51.98 in the 400-meter dash. He was a four-star prospect out of high school in which he was ranked among the top 100 prospects nationally.
Recruiting
College career
He played his college football at Florida State. During his junior season, he was selected as the top conditioned athlete at the Florida State's annual banquet. He finished college with a total of 106 receptions, 1,540 receiving yards along with 10 touchdowns. During his senior season on October 13, 2012, in a regular season game against Boston College in which he had a season high 9 receptions and 108 receiving yards. He participated in the 2013 East-West Shrine Game on the East team.
Professional career
Minnesota Vikings
After not being drafted in the 2013 NFL Draft Smith signed with the Minnesota Vikings the night that the draft had ended. Smith was released by the Vikings on August 31, 2013 to get to a 53-man roster and signed to the practice squad the next day. He was released on October 2, 2014.
He was claimed on waivers by the Cleveland Browns on October 3, 2014. He was released to make room on the roster for linebacker Moise Fokou on August 10, 2015.
Dallas Cowboys
On September 8, 2015, Smith was signed to the Dallas Cowboys' practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on December 30, 2015. On August 30, 2016, Smith was waived by the Cowboys.
Seattle Seahawks
On September 5, 2016, Smith was signed to the Seattle Seahawks' practice squad. On September 13, 2016, he was released by the Seahawks. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Seahawks on January 19, 2017. On August 3, 2017, Smith was waived by the Seahawks. He was re-signed on August 12, 2017. He was waived on September 2, 2017.
Smith signed with the Toronto Argonauts in March 2018. Smith's first year with the Argos concluded with 9 games played, catching 23 passes for 257 yards. In 2019, Smith's playing time increased as he replaced Llevi Noel on offense, and developed chemistry with McLeod Bethel-Thompson by racking up 51 catches for 646 yards and 5 touchdowns. Although the team limped to a 4-14 finish, 4 out of Smith's 5 touchdowns came in Argos victories, and he passed 100 yards receiving on two occasions. Smith caught the first touchdown pass thrown by Dakota Prukop, and later in the same game Smith also caught the first career touchdown pass by Canadian pivot Michael O'Connor; in his excitement, Smith threw the ball into the stands. A fan was able to return the memento to the sidelines.
Edmonton Eskimos
Smith signed with the Edmonton Eskimos on March 13, 2020.
